Topic 6: CWP as an irrigation performance indicator
Section outline
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Through previous topics you have built an understanding of what crop water productivity is, how to compute it (aggregate and partition GPP to yield, aggregate evapotranspiration, divide) and what challenges there are on the way (phenological metrics, unit conversion).
This final topic of the course is aimed at giving you a bigger picture that is behind the CWP numbers and preparing you for the case study in which you are going to:
The case study itself is not an obligatory part of this course but is explained in the Additional follow-up material # 26. Conclude on the efficiency of the water management scheme in the study area (case study)
This module should take you 10 minutes- Video - 5 minutes
- Reading - 5 minutes